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L. J.. BEJOTTES. Cigarette Machine. No. 235,985. Patented Dec. 28,1880.

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L. J. BEJOTYTES; Cigarette Machine. No. 235,985.

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Patented Dec. 28,1880.

I'nvenlbr: L. J B e LEON J. BEJOTTE S, OF NEVV YOBK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO I FERNANDEZ & CALVO, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 235,985, dated December28, 1880.

Application filed October 27, 1879.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON J. BEJOTTES, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is aspecification. This invention pertains to the making of cigarettes bymachinery, the tobacco being fed by hand or otherwise in the requiredquantity to form one or more at a time, and then the apparatus takes thewrapper, applies the paste, and performs the operation of rolling thecigarette automatically, as will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists, chiefly, in the combination of the pastingmechanism with the rolling devices, whereby the wrappers, being ciit tothe proper size and placed in a receptacle, arelifted therefrom by themechanism, paste applied on one edge, and the wrapper then depositedupon the rolling-apron, where it is caught in the rolling operation androlled around the tobacco and fastened by the paste, as will hereinafterappear.

Figure 1 is'a sectional elevation of the machine, showing the cams anddriving-shaft below the table. Fig. 2 is also a sectional view, showingthe pasting devices in position for applying the paste. Fig. 3 is asimilar view, but with the parts in position for beginning the rollingoperation; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the upper portion of themachine.

At A is the frame for supporting the work ing' parts.

At B is the shaft, to which the power may beapplied by belt or treadleor otherwise.

0 is the rolling-apron, of any flexible material, as rubber or leather,and it is attached at each end to a sliding carriage, the front end to atransverse bar, as at D, on the slides E, working in grooves in theframe, as at F, and the proper motion is given to these slides and thebar D, and thereby to that end of the apron O, by a grooved cam-wheel,as at G, and a right-angle lever, as at H, and connectingrod K, attachedby cross-link to the ends of the slides E. The other end of the apron Ois attached to the front end of the carriage, as at L, which also slidesin grooves in the frame in a plane below the first carriage, so that itcan slide underneath it and leave a space between the two equal to thediameter of the cigarette, or nearly'so. This carriage serves as a tableto support the apron during the rolling operation, and is pressedforward by a spring, as at l, which is supported in working position bya rod, M, one end of which is attached to the under side of thecarriage, and when the several parts are in proper position to receivethe charge of tobacco this carriage occupies the position shown at Fig.1, its front end being underneath the pastebox, as at N, the apron Gresting on the said carriage or table, and its other end curved up,as'at O, to receive the charge behind the check-plate, as at P, which isshown'as resting on the inclined lifters R, which are attached to theslides E, and travel with the bar D, that carries that end of the apron.Thischeck-plate slides in grooves in upright supports upon the frame, asat S, and ;it is provided with friction-rolls to work upon the upperedges of the lifters R to reduce the friction. As the lifters B arewithdrawn by the motion of the slides E, the check-plate descends andrests upon the outside of the apron and in front of the roll of tobacco,and as the apron is drawn forward the tobacco is rolled over and over inthe fold of the apron, as shown at '1. When the rolling operationcommences, the checkplate I? is down upon the apron in front of the rollof tobacco, (see Fig. 3,) and such check-piece prevents the roll oftobacco from rolling forward, but permits it to roll over and overbetween the fold of the apron immediately in rear of the check-piece.Hence, by reason of the forcible forward movement of the slide E,drawing forward the front end, D, of the apron, the carriage or table Lis automatically drawn rearwardly as the cigarette is being rolled bythe drawing action of the apron, until, finally, the said carriage ortable is forced rearwardly from beneath the cigarette, and the latterfalls downward, not being longer supported.

' The wrappers are cut of the proper size to surround the roll oftobacco, and may be of two or more lengths of the ordinary cigarette,which may be cut into the proper lengths after they are filled. A pileof the wrappers thus formed is placed in a box or receiver at U, whichis mounted in grooved guides, as at U, that permit the box to slide toand fro underneath the pasting-box N.

The paste-box N is hopper-shaped, with a slot in its bottom extendingthe length of the wrapper, to permit the paste to flow down on to thefront edge of the wrapper, and said box is attached to a cross-head, asat N, which is moved up and down by vertical rods, as at N their lowerends having friction-rolls N, that rest upon cam-wheels at N upon themain shaft, whereby the box is raised and lowered "ertically from thewrapper-box to the apron.

\Vhen the paste-box is raised by its cams above the wrapper-box, theuprights at V, on the slides E, come in contact with springs V on rodswhich are attached to the bottom of the wrapper-box U as the slide Emoves to the right, and thus slide the box U forward until it isdirectly under the paste-box, as represented in Fig. .2, where it isstopped by projections on its guides coming in contact with the bottomof the box. While in this position the cams on the shaft are so shapedas to permit the paste-box to descend upon the pile of wrappers, and thepaste coming in contact with the upper wrapper attaches it to the bottomof the paste-box, so that when this box is again lifted by its cams thewrapper will be liftedwith it, and thereby be removed from the others inthe box U. \Vhile the paste-box is in the wrapper-box the uprights orarms V on the slides E will have reversed their movement and come incontact with another set of springs at V on the same rods that carry thespring V, and will have compressed them, so that when the paste-box islifted the wrapperbox will instantly slide back from underneath thepaste-box, and thereby permit it to descend, with the wrapper, upon theapron to the position shown at Fig. 1.

' It is evident that the wrapper must be stripped from the pasted edgeor bottom of the paste-box, or it will be again lifted with it when itrises again for another wrapper. To accomplish this a strippingplate, asat WV, is supported by rods W", sliding in brackets V upon thecross-head N, and said rods have stops W on their upper ends to lift thestripping-plate from the wrapper after it has done its work, and it thentravels with the pastebox. Before the stripping-plate is lifted thepaste-box is caught by the hooks, as at H, which are attached to thecross-head or the depending arms thereof that support the box, and thesame is then lifted up first and held until the wrapper-box is movedforward, when the hooks are disengaged or tripped by two uprights, as atY, that are attached upon the ends of the wrapper-box, and thus thepastebox is permitted to drop again upon the wrappers to the positionshown at Fig. 2, because said paste-box is mounted on slides which movein a vertical direction upon the lifters attached to the cross-head N,and said hooks are the only means for supporting said pastebox duringthe time that the stripping device W is holding the wrapper, so that thepastebox may be lifted by said hooks from the top of the wrapper.Another advantage of this stripping-plate is, that when it descends withthe paste-box onto the pile of wrappers its surface presses them downflat and holds them in a smooth position, to prevent their tilting underthe sharp edge of the paste-box.

The limited vertical movement of the pasteboxon the cross-head to permitthe paste-box to drop upon the wrappers in the box U, or to be elevatedtherefrom, is provided for by suspending the paste-box on the lower endsof two rods, N N which latter are slotted vertically and are movablyconnected with the cross-head N, being arranged to move in guidewaystherein and confined in place by bolts or pins a, passing through thesaid slots into the cross-head, as best shown in Fig. 4.

\Vhen the hooks H are lifting the pastebox the parts are in the positionshown at Fig. 3, and just as the wrapper-box is beginning to be movedforward underneath the pastebox and its stripping-plate.

The hooks H are represented as detached from the pastebox in Fig. 2, andheld up by the uprights, as at Y.

At Z in Fig. 1 is represented a curved guide, (or more may be used,)which is attached to the slides E, or to the cross-link that extendsbetween them, in such a manner that when the apron is reversed it willserve to press the apron back underneath the paste-box and hold it flatto receive the wrapper. The fingers are not intended to run underneaththe paste-box or over the top of the apron, but, as before stated, aremerely to check the front edge of the apron and prevent it from passingtoo far over the edge of the table when the machine is running rapidly.

I f more than one length of wrapper is used, they may be cut into theproper lengths afterward by hand or otherwise.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of therolling-apron and check-plate with a wrapper-box and pasting device,substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the paste-box and stripping-plate with the apronand reciprocatiug table, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the rolling-apron with the paste-box, thestripping-plate, and the wrapper-box, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth. I

4. The combination of the paste-box, stripping-plate, and hooks H withthe cross-head and cams on the main shaft, as and for the purposes setforth.

5. The combination, with the rolling-apron, of the slides E and fingeror fingers Z, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Attest: LEON J. BEJOTTES.

J. WM. RIPLEY, EUGENE N. ELIOT.

